Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PACKAGED COLLAR, IN BOX

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

LINEN, PAPER

No. Pieces

4

Height

5.7

Length

29

Width

9.6

Description

1-2. BLACK RECTANGULAR BOX WITH LID. ABOVE DIMENSIONS. PRINTED ON ONE END IN WHITE IS "TOOKE KANT-KREASE COLLARS PARK 17". "35 C" HANDWRITTEN IN PENCIL. ONE CORNER OF BOX SLIGHTLY CRUSHED. 3. COLLAR. 45.2CM (L) X 9.7CM (W). WHITE STARCHED SHIRT COLLAR, FOLDED ALONG LENGTH AND WIDTH TO FIT PACKAGE. BUTTON HOLE AT EITHER END AND AT CENTRE FOR ATTACHING TO SHIRT. STAMPED ON COLLAR IN BLACK "TOOKE KANT KREASE PARK 17". APPEARS UNUSED. 4. PACKAGE. 29.2CM (L) X 9.5CM (W). WAXED PAPER PACKAGE, SEALED ON THREE SIDES AND OPEN AT ONE END. MARKED IN BLACK "TOOKE KANT-KREASE COLLARS".

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

BUSINESS

History

BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, HENRY W. "PAT" WELCH, BORN IN HIGH RIVER IN 1897. MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1933 AND WORKED AS VACUUM SALES REPRESENTATIVE, FOR WHICH HE USED THE COLLARS. PASSED AWAY IN 1962. FOR MILITARY SERVICE SEE P19970109002-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A COLLAR DONATED BY JACK AND MARJORIE WELCH. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. HENRY WAMSLEY “PAT” WELCH WAS BORN IN HIGH RIVER, MOVED TO CALGARY IN 1910, AND THEN TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1933. HIS OBITUARY LISTS HIM AS THE “GWG REPRESENTATIVE” FOR LETHBRIDGE, AND BASED ON AN ADVERTISEMENT FROM JULY 1952, GWG LIKELY STANDS FOR THE GREAT WESTERN GARMENT COMPANY. PAT PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 65 IN NOVEMBER 1962. PAT WAS MARRIED TO BEULAH (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) WELCH, WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 68 IN 1969, THE RESULTS OF SEVERE BURNS SUSTAINED AT HOME, AFTER FALLING ASLEEP WHILE SMOKING. JOHN “JACK” WELCH, THE DONOR, WAS PAT AND BEULAH’S SON. HE WAS BORN IN CALGARY AND ATTENDED THE BOWMAN SCHOOL AND LCI. HE WAS MARRIED TO MARJORIE MARY (NEE EVERSON) WELCH ON AUGUST 7, 1954 IN ST. AUGUSTINE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. JACK PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 74 ON JANUARY 2, 2002. HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF THE FIRST PHYSICIAN IN THE HIGH RIVER DISTRICT, DR. H.W. WELCH. MARJORIE MARY WELCH PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 80 ON FEBRUARY 12, 2010. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. W.E. EVERSON AND THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. NORMAN J. MACLEOD. THE MACLEOD’S WERE MARRIED IN ST. AUGUSTINE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH IN 1892 AND THE EVERSON’S WERE MARRIED IN THE SAME CHURCH IN 1928. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P19970109001

Acquisition Date

1998-06

Collection

Museum

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